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Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 Wireless Network Adapter adapter is not working.

Anonymous
2012-11-11T06:19:45+00:00

I have Acer V3-571 laptop.

I upgraded to windows 8 from windows 7.

Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 Wireless Network Adapter adapter is showing working fine in the device manager ,but wifi is not working.

when I checked the on off soft switch in the Pc setting ,the swith found in disable position.Could anybody assist to solve it?

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-12-13T15:59:03+00:00

    Well I resolved it by bypassing the wireless adapter and buying a nano external wireless usb thing, it works perfectly now. problem still not fixed however.

    I found a way to fix my Network, ive manually uninstalled the Network cards Drivers and downloaded the following file "win78-10.0.0.75-whql" from

    http://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wireless-download.php?chipset=81&system=6

    and simply installed the driver via the Device Manager

    Hope this will help some of you.

    Regards,

    Pieter Cachet

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-11-27T18:40:55+00:00

    Same issue here on my Vizio CT14-A0 using the same Atheros AR5BWB222 hardware.  The minute I upgraded to Windows 8 my issues started.  Vizio provided an updated driver so now I only lose connections every 10-15 minutes instead of no connection at all.

    I have tried everything under the sun to get it to work but no deal.  Would be nice to get either Qualcomm or Microsoft to fix.  Seriously thinking about going back to Windows 7.  Right now I'm using a USB AirLink wireless adapter to keep my connection stable.

    Go figure, I have to use a $10 usb adapter to get my $700 ultrabook to work.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-25T16:19:52+00:00

    I have the same issue as well.  I bought a v5-671-6806 from microsoft store and found the wireless is working intermittently.  it will connect but then drop to limited connection after 30 minutes.  this is bad.  please help

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-19T09:58:20+00:00

    Good Day,

    My self have a Acer V3-571 laptop

    My Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 Wireless Network card keep on dropping the connection mid way. This only started happen recently, Ivent install any new firmware or any new software of any kind. This only started after the recent WINDOWS 8 update.  Please help

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-11-11T07:41:06+00:00

    More often than not when a device doesn't function it is because the driver has been corrupted.

     Try re-installing yours.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isnt-working-properly?SignedIn=1

    http://captaindbg.com/how-to-update-drivers-on-windows-7/

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